Community News
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Legendary legacies
Two local schools, Chewton Primary School and Castlemaine Steiner School and Kindergarten, have been announced as winners in the 2024…
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Meat and dairy … in or out?
I’m sure you have come across the claim that you can’t or shouldn’t compost meat scraps and dairy products. Given…
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Fashion for foodbank
The Kindness Collective at Kyneton is hosting an Op Shop Fashion Parade fundraiser this month to help raise funds for…
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Reconciliation recognition
Mount Alexander Shire Council’s Australia Day – Survival Day event has been recognised with a Reconciliation Victoria award. The event…
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Harcourt Farming Co-op recruiting
Harcourt Organic Farming Co-op is recruiting new farmers and enterprises. The co-op is a collaboration of diverse organic and regenerative…
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You can’t compost that…can you?
Have you been told that you can’t, or shouldn’t, compost a particular thing? Perhaps it is onion skins or citrus…
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Rory named ‘Chef of the Year’
The head chef at Campbells Creek’s historic Five Flags Hotel, Rory Brown, has been named ‘Chef of the Year’ at…
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‘Be curious and be kind’
Students and teachers from schools across Mount Alexander Shire came together at Castlemaine’s Western Reserve on Friday, to offer heartfelt…
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Cellulose, chitin or lignin?
The bodies of all living things, from the largest trees to the smallest microorganisms are mostly made of carbon, organised…
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Giz Asaurus to roar again
How do you make a stranger smile? A creative Gisborne teenager has found just the right combination of silly, fun…
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How to use your ‘mind blender’
We have talked before about the importance of getting the moisture content of our compost piles right. Our favourite image…
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Doing it for Dal
Members of the Castlemaine and Kyneton communities and music lovers everywhere are urged to get along to the inaugural ‘Live…